Excerpt from Text-Book of Anatomy for Nurses
In making this revision of the Anatomy for Nurses, the opportunity has been embraced for extending the scope of the book to include more definitely the subject of Physiology, in recognition of the demand that a further knowledge of that branch be included in the equipment of the well-trained nurse.
To present under one cover, with the necessary brevity and still with sufficient clearness, these two important branches of study (each of which should have a volume by itself) is not a simple task, but it has been undertaken with the hope that the combined Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses will meet the need created by the advanced requirements of the present time.
It has seemed better to refer the student to the glossary for the meanings of unfamiliar words than to interrupt the text by too frequent definitions, therefore the glossary is enlarged and its definitions are made more descriptive.
The order of subjects is necessarily changed as new material has been added. The number of chapters is increased, and certain topics, such as Foods and Digestion, Development, Repair and Functions of Bones, the Lymphatic System, and the Nervous System have been elaborated, and the whole so arranged that by the association of structure and function in the various parts of the body, a better comprehension of both may be attained.
The index has been carefully revised, with suitable additions in accordance with the text.
An extensive correspondence with Hospital and Training School Superintendents has elicited several suggestions which are here gratefully acknowledged, with sincere appreciation of the many kind expressions accompanying them, concerning the usefulness of the Anatomy as heretofore printed.
This edition is offered with the hope that it will merit a continuation of the favor accorded to its predecessor.
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